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Boston's Peaceful Protests Turn Violent at Night

Associated Press

   BOSTON - A Sunday afternoon of mostly peaceful protests in Boston broke
   at nightfall when protesters clashed with officers, throwing rocks and
   lighting a police vehicle on fire.

   Thousands of mostly mask-wearing demonstrators marched peacefully
   through Boston in several protests during the day, lending their voices
   to the nationwide anger over the death of George Floyd while in
   Minneapolis custody.

   The largest protest of several thousand started Sunday night in the
   historically black neighborhood of Roxbury. Protesters, carrying "Black
   Lives Matter" signs and chanting, "The people united will never be
   defeated," made their way slowly for several miles to the Massachusetts
   Statehouse. The diverse crowd was flanked by police officers on bikes
   and were peaceful.

   But as the march ended around 9 p.m., protesters clashed with police in
   downtown Boston. At least two police cruisers were heavily damaged --
   including one whose rear window was smashed by a skateboarder. Police
   also tweeted that their officers were pelted with bricks, rocks, and
   glass bottles. Several storefronts, including a bank, were damaged.